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Residents ask Champaign to curb early-morning commercial garbage pickups on West University Avenue
Summary
Residents at the Sept. 2 council meeting asked the city to work with Public Works and private haulers to limit very early-morning commercial garbage collection after repeated pickups—some before 5 a.m.—woke neighbors and imposed financial and health costs.
Residents from the West University Avenue block told the City Council on Sept. 2 that repeated early-morning commercial garbage pickups by private hauling companies are disturbing sleep, harming health and imposing out-of-pocket costs. "These early collection times have real and negative consequences on the citizens and residents of our block both financially and from the perspective of their personal health and well‑being," resident Chris Geckler told the council. Geckler enumerated pickups on that block over the prior two weeks, including: Thursday the 21st at 6:45 a.m.; Friday the 22nd at…
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